{"id":1437,"date":"2014-01-29T20:15:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T20:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2014-01-30T03:06:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T03:06:51","slug":"days-of-vings-life-hongkong-episode-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/2014\/01\/29\/days-of-vings-life-hongkong-episode-5\/","title":{"rendered":".days.of.ving&#8217;s.life.:.hongkong.episode.5."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hong Kong Series IV Secret Cool Bean Delight [DARK]\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zWbSRI2TwCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nDAY 5 ! ! !<br \/>\nGoodyyy Rainyyy Morninggg !!!!!<\/p>\n<p>Today on our itinerary, we went to familiar grounds!<br \/>\nChanging trains at Central station in order to get there.<br \/>\nYes.<br \/>\nJust had to do the tourist-sy thingy of taking pictures of the station.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-21-31-33_deco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1570\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-21-31-33_deco-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-21-31-33_deco-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-21-31-33_deco-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-21-31-33_deco.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>And of coz posing with it. *hashtag ootd wiwt central hk*<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-21-43-18_deco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1571\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-21-43-18_deco-596x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-21-43-18_deco-596x1024.jpg 596w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-21-43-18_deco-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-21-43-18_deco.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>While waiting for our friend to reach, couldn&#8217;t resist shopping at Sogo supermart at Causeway Bay!<br \/>\nColorsss&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007053054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1572\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007053054-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007053054-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007053054-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007053054-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007053054.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Another round of stuff for friends and family back home.<br \/>\nToo cute!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-22-58-32_deco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1573\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-22-58-32_deco-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-22-58-32_deco-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-22-58-32_deco-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-22-58-32_deco-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-29-22-58-32_deco.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Finally lunch time!!! *wide grinz*<br \/>\nItacho Sushi at Causeway Bay&#8230;<br \/>\nThere were more sushi and other dishes which we ordered but ate too fast so only managed to capture these&#8230;<br \/>\nPrices were around the same as compared to Singapore&#8217;s.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007648381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1574\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007648381-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007648381-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007648381-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007648381-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007648381.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Of coz as usual in order to burn off calories after a hearty meal&#8230;<br \/>\nSHOPPING TIME!!!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong is such a sinful place when it comes to eating and shopping my gosh&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\nSo many nice stuff which caught my eyes and tempted me to get them&#8230;&#8230;. &gt;.&lt;&#8221;<br \/>\nSpent the whole afternoon in just Causeway Bay alone.<br \/>\nChocoolate \/ I.T \/ i.t \/ some pop-up shop that sells really cool stuff but I forgot the name \/ a mall that resembles our Far East Plaza \/ etc etc<br \/>\nToo busy shopping so didn&#8217;t take pictures along the way.<br \/>\nWill show some of my purchases towards the end of this post!!<\/p>\n<p>Before we realised, evening crept in and it&#8217;s dinner time!!!!!<br \/>\nDecided to revisit Mido Cafe after so long.<br \/>\nI remembered I really like the 60s feel of this Hong Kong cafe when I first tried it couple of years back.<br \/>\nPlus the food was very affordable and came in big portions.<\/p>\n<p>Address: 63 Temple Street, Kowloon<br \/>\nStation: Yau Ma Tei (Exit C)<br \/>\nHours: Daily 830am &#8211; 10pm<br \/>\nContact: (852) 2384-6402<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007767652.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1575\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007767652-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007767652-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007767652-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007767652-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391007767652.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021730332.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1576\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021730332-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021730332-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021730332-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021730332-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021730332.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Truth be told, I was a &#8216;lil disappointed this time round.<br \/>\nTheir prices increased, yet food standard dropped.<br \/>\nPreviously I really enjoyed just a simple Egg &amp; Luncheon Meat Fried Rice coz they cooked it well.<br \/>\nThis time though, it was just so-so.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, this.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021888741.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1577\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021888741-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021888741-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021888741-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021888741-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391021888741.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Actually, just an excuse to let me play with my food.<\/p>\n<p>No meal&#8217;s completed without desserts!!<br \/>\nSo even though it&#8217;s been raining the whole day, we simply had to comb Temple Street for some Chinese desserts.<br \/>\nAnd found this small dessert shop with I didn&#8217;t register its name.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-05-24_deco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1578\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-05-24_deco-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-05-24_deco-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-05-24_deco-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-05-24_deco-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-05-24_deco.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Hot desserts on a cooling night are ever-so welcoming.<br \/>\nIt kind of made up for the slight disappointment I&#8217;d with Mido Cafe.<br \/>\nPardon me looking as if I was being forced to smile.<br \/>\nBlame it on the wet weather&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s ok if you are indoors. Not ok when you are outside carrying lotsa barang-barang and still need to hold a brolly.<br \/>\nOk enough of whinning.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-49-47_deco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1579\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-49-47_deco.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-49-47_deco.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-49-47_deco-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-49-47_deco-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Finally back to the hotel!!!<br \/>\nPhoto flood of what I bought!!! (Immediately brightened up my mood.)<\/p>\n<p>Closer look of the lovely snacks from Sogo supermart!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-00-28_deco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1580\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-00-28_deco-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-00-28_deco-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-00-28_deco-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-00-28_deco-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/2014-01-30-03-00-28_deco.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>At the same time chomping on my Nameko snack!<br \/>\nEach box came with a temporary tattoo thingy!<br \/>\nToo cute&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391022190824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1581\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391022190824-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391022190824-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391022190824-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391022190824-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391022190824.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Love.<br \/>\nLove.<br \/>\nLove.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391025712197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1582\" src=\"http:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391025712197-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391025712197-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391025712197-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391025712197-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/files\/2014\/01\/PhotoGrid_1391025712197.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Love all my purchases!!! *juggles snacks*<\/p>\n<p>Episode 6 will be out real soon!! Do stay tuned!! ^_^<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAY 5 ! ! ! Goodyyy Rainyyy Morninggg !!!!! Today on our itinerary, we went to familiar grounds! Changing trains at Central station in order to get there. Yes. Just had to do the tourist-sy thingy of taking pictures of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/2014\/01\/29\/days-of-vings-life-hongkong-episode-5\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[529,518,526,513,508,522,221,534,330,521,201,121,250,80,269,39,75,19,524,42,523,515,73,452,516,532,81,38,527,520,530,533,519,94,535,365,525,514,528,451,240,488,517,43,531],"class_list":["post-1437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travels","tag-accessories","tag-black-sesame","tag-caps","tag-causeway-bay","tag-central","tag-chocoolate","tag-clothing","tag-clutch","tag-colorful","tag-cushion","tag-cycliclapse","tag-desserts","tag-dinner","tag-experience","tag-fashion","tag-food","tag-fun","tag-happy","tag-heavenly-february","tag-hong-kong","tag-i-t","tag-itacho-sushi","tag-lifestyle","tag-lunch","tag-mido-cafe","tag-necklace","tag-overseas","tag-play","tag-polkadots","tag-rainy","tag-rich-room","tag-rings","tag-sago","tag-shopping","tag-silver","tag-skull","tag-snap-back","tag-sogo","tag-specs","tag-station","tag-supermarket","tag-supermart","tag-temple-street","tag-travel","tag-yo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1437"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cycliclapse.com\/speak\/ving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}